Leaders Conference News

Jedidiah Thurner is a communicator and strategic thought leader who is passionate about empowering leaders to solve the greatest challenges facing their communities.

He has been married 19 years, Amber and Jedidiah, reside in Southern California with their four children, Aniya, Daylen, Cayden, and Greyson.

Jedidiah is the Chief Strategy Officer of Love Has No Limits, an organization that coordinates thousands of volunteers for outreaches and humanitarian aid campaigns. He led campaigns in Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Peru, with over 3.6 million people reached and served face-to-face.

In 2019, he co-founded Love Has No Limits, an organization focused exclusively on America and positioned as a collaboration infrastructure to unite spheres of influence to produce sustainable transformation. In the last 5 years, the movement has expanded across Los Angeles, Houston and Miami where 1,815 faith communities, schools, and nonprofits, and over 80,000 good neighbors have been mobilized to empower 400,000+ families out of crisis across America. Making national headlines through stadium celebrations with music artists like Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper, Tim McGraw and Kari Jobe, to serve site collaborations with Justin Quiles, Daddy Yankee and BAM, Love Has No Limits is transforming cities for sustainable long term impact.

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Banning Liebscher is the founding Pastor of Jesus Culture, a ministry of worship, events, and leadership development. In 2014, Banning and his wife SeaJay, their family, and the Jesus Culture team planted Jesus Culture Sacramento, a church committed to seeing believers encounter God, be empowered as world changers, and engage their city as leaders. Banning is the author of four books, the latest one being, The Three-Mile Walk: The Courage You Need to Live the Life God Wants for You. Banning and his wife have three children.

Bill Johnson is the Senior Leader of Bethel Church in Redding, California.

Bill is a fifth-generation pastor with a rich heritage in the Holy Spirit. The present move of God has brought Bill into a deeper understanding of the phrase “on earth as it is in heaven.” Bill and the Bethel Church family have taken on this theme for life and ministry, where healing and miracles are normal. Bill teaches that we owe the world an encounter with God and a gospel without power is not the gospel Jesus preached. Bill is co-founder of Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry (BSSM).

Bill serves a growing number of churches partnered for revival. This apostolic network has crossed denominational lines in building relationships that enable church leaders to walk in both purity and power. Bill and his late wife, Beni, have three children and eleven grandchildren. Their three children and spouses are all involved in full-time ministry.

Kris and Kathy Vallotton are the Senior Associate Leaders of Bethel Church in Redding, California, and have served on Bill Johnson’s apostolic team for decades. They are both co-founders of Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry (BSSM) and Moral Revolution. For over 20 years Kris and Kathy have helped thousands of Believers realize their identity as sons and daughters of God.

Kris is a noted prophetic voice worldwide. As a bestselling author, he has written more than a dozen books and training manuals to help prepare believers for life in the kingdom. He’s a highly sought-after international speaker equipping people to successfully fulfill their divine purpose. Kris has a diverse background in business, counseling, consulting, pastoring, and teaching. He loves to both teach to the masses and advise leaders one-on-one, utilizing his experience and his prophetic gift to assist world influencers in achieving their goals. He commonly provides counsel to governmental and business leaders on practical strategies for cultural transformation and has unique expertise in economies and building prosperous communities.

Kris and Kathy are also successful entrepreneurs who co-owned 9 businesses in the automotive industry. Together, they direct KV Ministries and have traveled the world teaching and preaching about the goodness of God and the power of the Kingdom.

Kris and Kathy have been married for over 45 years and have four children and ten grandchildren.

Havilah Cunnington is Bethel’s Women’s Pastor. In addition to being a communicator, published author, top-rated podcaster and in full-time ministry for over 20 years, she and her husband, Ben, lead a nonprofit called Truth to Table. They’re obsessed with reaching the world with Bible studies, messages, and lifestyle leadership tools. Havilah and Ben live in Redding, California, with their four young sons: Judah, Hudson, Grayson, Beckham, and their new puppy, Barkley.